Question

Have you got some paper, a pair of scissors and, above all, a desire to decorate your house? Then, we have the perfect holiday artwork for you: Make Star Wars snowflakes (雪花). Remembered as a cherished form of work in classrooms before the holidays, paper snowflakes have drawn many people's attention again.

The designer, Anthony Herrera, just recently released his 2013 collection. "The Star Wars snowflake designs began as just doing designs of characters that I and my daughter wanted to make three years ago," Herrera told us in an email. "The second year I introduced vehicles, and this year I decided to push further by designing battle scenes."

Sometimes, he feels a bit bored with his job. With each year, the designs have got more detailed and various, but the process of creating them remained the same: sketching figures on paper with a pencil until a symmetrical (對稱）pattern comes out, then scanning the designs and cut them with scissors. However, he says he has plenty of ideas for new flakes next year, so no two will ever be the same. Hopefully with Star Wars: Episode VII coming in 2015 he'll have even more work in the future.

Check out your favorite finished versions of Herrera’s flakes (from both 2013 and previous years) and download the pictures beneath them and then get down to creating your own work. A warning: Most designs aren't for the casual flake-maker, so patience you must have.

1. Making paper snowflakes draws many people's attention probably because ______.

A. it is a traditional form of decoration B. it is a course of artwork in school

C. it is a way of killing time in holiday D. it is designed by Anthony Herrera

2. From the text, we know that Herrera ______.

A. can make snowflakes with his daughter's help

B. made more complicated designs before 2013

C. introduced paper vehicles in 2011

D. will make a great variety of detailed paper flakes

3. Herrera is fed up with the job sometimes because ______

A. he has to design detailed and different patterns

B. he has to follow the fixed process of paper cutting

C. he spends much time designing, scanning and cutting

D. he has few ideas for what the next designs will be like

4. By writing the last paragraph, the author tries to ______.

A. offer us more information about Herrera’s paper cutting

B. tell us how to download picture of snowflakes

C. instruct people to be a real creative artist

D. remind us of being patient with Herrera’s designs

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】本文介紹了傳統(tǒng)的裝飾形式：剪紙。并介紹Anthony Herrera對于這一手工的看法，以及自己的一些做法。

1.A

【試題解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段最后2行Remembered as a cherished form of work in classrooms before the holidays, paper snowflakes have drawn many people's attention again.可知paper snowflakes是傳統(tǒng)的裝飾的形式，所以才會引起人名嗎的注意，故A正確。

2.2】D

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章2,3行Herrera told us in an email. "The second year I introduced vehicles, and this year I decided to push further by designing battle scenes."和However, he says he has plenty of ideas for new flakes next year, so no two will ever be the same. 可知Herrera會剪出很多種的剪紙花樣出來，而且沒有相同的。故D正確。

3.3】B

【試題解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段前3行Sometimes, he feels a bit bored with his job. With each year, the designs have got more detailed and various, but the process of creating them remained the same: sketching figures on paper with a pencil until a symmetrical (對稱）pattern comes out, then scanning the designs and cut them with scissors.可知有時(shí)候他很厭煩，是因?yàn)榧艏埖倪^程總是一樣的，這讓他非常難受。故B正確。

4.4】C

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章最后2行g(shù)et down to creating your own work. A warning: Most designs aren't for the casual flake-maker, so patience you must have作者建議我們下載下式樣以后就開始做吧，關(guān)鍵是要有耐心。也就是說本段告訴我們?nèi)绾稳プ�。故C項(xiàng)正確。

【長難句解析】

Remembered as a cherished form of work in classrooms before the holidays, paper snowflakes have drawn many people's attention again.

【翻譯】作為一項(xiàng)傳統(tǒng)的假期之前的裝修形式，剪紙又一次吸引了很多人的注意。

【分析】本句中含有一個(gè)分詞做狀語的用法，動詞remember與后面句子的主語paper snowflake構(gòu)成被動關(guān)系，所以使用過去分詞表示被動，同時(shí)在句中做狀語。